Stoat Poetry is a fantastic new poetry magazine, I strongly encourage you to submit!

Stoat Poetry@stoatpoetry.bsky.social · 4d ago

We're open for submissions for Issue 2! Send us your poems on any theme, by 31st August. For details of how to submit and guidelines, please go to www.stoatmagazine.co.uk

That's me in the corner, That's me on the shortlist, losing my composure... (With apologies to Michael Stipe) Good luck if you're on the list too! fracturedlit.com/ghost-fable-...

‘…an organised disinformation campaign…’ This is where we are now.

Deirdre O'Shaughnessy@deshocks.bsky.social · 13h ago

If you were confused about what happened in Ceuta last week read this piece by @lizcarolan.com who's looking at how it blew up online and who's behind it... www.irishexaminer.com/opinion/comm...

@thin-skin.bsky.social is such a new magazine, but it already prints wonderful stuff like this! ❤️

Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖@nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 5d ago

Excited to have a new story in @thin-skin.bsky.social "Where were your family then? Where were they when you needed rent, when he broke your heart, when he broke your ribs, when he took you back and kicked you out over and over, when we begged you to leave him?" thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...

We’ve got a sweet treat for you…our Summer 2026 issue, available now. Get your copy: https://pshares.org/product/summer-2026/

If AI disappeared tomorrow, the only change in my life would be that google search suddenly got better again.

Ayo@darrylayo.bsky.social · 22h ago

Guys like this don’t realize that they are the freak

Bluesky was down for a looong time this afternoon. Got lots of stuff done. Here’s my rainy/windy walk in the #ScottishBorders today. 💚

‘…it’s like having a skinned knee, fine at first and sore after you notice all the damage.’ So much written between the lines in this wonderful new flash from @sarpsozdinler.bsky.social in @claudineliterary.bsky.social 🌧️ www.claudineliterary.com/sarpsozdinler

Sarp Sozdinler | We Only Rest in the Storm

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#1 – Postcard from the Lofoten Islands, Norway 🇳🇴 – Lost in the Beauty Some places feel like a dream. Hamnøy is one of them. ⛰️🌊✨ #LandscapePhotography #Travel #Nature #Adventure #Hamnøy #Lofoten #Norway

Officially announcing the end of Stanchion Magazine, providing context as to why, answering some questions, and saying thank you. 🖤🤍 www.stanchionzine.com/post/the-end...

Congratulations to editor Kerri Andrews & other contributors of Women, Walking, published by Batsford on Thursday. A rich collection of diverse essays exploring who, where, why & how we walk. I particularly enjoyed the final two essays by @helenmort.bsky.social & @katedavispoet.bsky.social.

I am absolutely delighted and honoured to have a story featured in this line-up! Can't wait to see my words spoken by a real actor...

Liars' League@liarsleague.bsky.social · 2w ago

Thrilled (& chilled) to reveal the winning stories for our Tue 4 Aug event at @ThePhoenix_W1: #WomenAndGirls - #MurderAndMischief! It's 50 years since the death of #AgathaChristie so steal a £5 Earlybird ticket for espionage, adultery, theft & heaps of homicide! liarsleague.com/2026/07/21/w...

My #CraftArticle for August is a reflection of my thoughts from doing the @welkinpress.bsky.social Genre Prize longlisting. What makes a piece a no, what to think about to turn it into a yes: prattlefogandgravelrap.substack.com/p/pick-me-pi...

Pick me! Pick me!!!

This is what we want our stories to say to an editor / publisher / agent / competition judge, acting like a child in the front row of the classroom who’s desperately got their hand up to volunteer to ...

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TODAY: In 1869, George Eliot begins writing Middlemarch.

Thank YOU @doorisajarmag.bsky.social 💙 It takes a lot of work and dedication to produce a lit mag—we know! You gave the world of literature a tremendous gift these last eleven years—remembering vividly seeing your great journal for the first time at AWP. Onward to your next adventures.

Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine@doorisajarmag.bsky.social · 4d ago

Issue 40 Fall 2026 of Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine Official Release Date: Tues, Sept. 1st, 2026 Please visit our website to read samples and pre-order a copy www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/fall-... This will be the final issue of our publication. Thank you for eleven years of creativity.

Are you a little odd? And are you hoping to read poetry for a lit mag? Then look no further, because we want YOU to read poetry for Okay Donkey! Apply now at forms.gle/ZZ8wJB6ptBtW... Form open through August 31st.

Working on a second draft and taking note of some evergreen advice I heard from @juliecohen.bsky.social at a conference, and was recently reminded of by @jeevanicharika.bsky.social (and I’m paraphrasing: it might be “go deeper”, but the sentiment is the same).

Isabel Allende: famous for her use of #MagicalRealism, a literary style that weaves myth, magic & the supernatural into realistic, historically accurate narratives. >77MM books sold in >40 languages, one of the world's most widely read Spanish-language authors. Born #OTD in 1942. #LitSky #BookSky

I blurbed this gorgeous novella, so I was lucky enough to read an early version of "These Hollow Bodies." Guys, @pegasusunder.bsky.social has created something so beautiful and visceral and tactile and full of art, there’s nothing like it, I swear to gods. I'm still haunted by it 🩵

Neon Hemlock@neonhemlock.bsky.social · 2w ago

As part of the launch of our novella crowdfund, hype to share the cover for THESE HOLLOW BODIES by Z.K. Abraham (@pegasusunder.bsky.social)! The cover was illustrated by Anan Sonn Kaaren @acloudboiii.bsky.social 🖌️

Issue 40 Fall 2026 of Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine Official Release Date: Tues, Sept. 1st, 2026 Please visit our website to read samples and pre-order a copy www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/fall-... This will be the final issue of our publication. Thank you for eleven years of creativity.

That‘s it available to order now! On www.doorisajarmagazine.net Treat yourself! 🥰

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June Gemmell@junegemmell.bsky.social · 2mo ago

I do love a print litmag and just had a lovely message from @doorisajarmag.bsky.social to say I’ll be published in their Fall edition! Done a little dance!

Good news and bad news. This is the last ever issue of @doorisajarmag.bsky.social 😢 But I‘m delighted to say I’m in it! What an honour. Visit the website to buy a copy of this gorgeous magazine. ☀️

Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine@doorisajarmag.bsky.social · 4d ago

Issue 40 Fall 2026 of Door Is A Jar Literary Magazine Official Release Date: Tues, Sept. 1st, 2026 Please visit our website to read samples and pre-order a copy www.doorisajarmagazine.net/issues/fall-... This will be the final issue of our publication. Thank you for eleven years of creativity.

August Submissions Open Open now! Submit to JMWW by August 15th. All categories (except for Poetry) are open, but some have limited entries.

August Submissions Open

Open now! Submit to JMWW by August 15th. All categories (except for Poetry) are open, but some have limited entries.

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So honoured to be shortlisted in the Welkin Genre Prize, alongside so many other gorgeous stories.

The Welkin Press@welkinpress.bsky.social · 5d ago

Shortlisted in the Firefly Prize, "The Oracle of All Wisdom" by @thisisguan.bsky.social www.mattkendrick.co.uk/welkin-stori...

This is clever and brilliant!!! What an incredible read! @thisisguan.bsky.social @welkinpress.bsky.social

Guan Un@thisisguan.bsky.social · 5d ago

So honoured to be shortlisted in the Welkin Genre Prize, alongside so many other gorgeous stories.

If you're going to be in London Tuesday night, I'd love to see you here... I hear there will be free sweets!

Liars' League@liarsleague.bsky.social · 4d ago

🐺Red Riding Hood's Grandma gets a raunch relaunch & a lupine lover in AN INCONVENIENT WOODCUTTER by @sagreene1.bsky.social read by Margaret Ashley #WomenAndGirls story 3 for #MURDERandMISCHIEF 🎟️THIS Tue 4 Aug 7.30 at The Phoenix W1 £5! #couplesgoals #RedRidingHood liarsleague.com/2026/07/21/w...

The first of August, then, a month that always feel like the height of summer yet tethered to the ropes of Autumn, being dragged reluctantly toward the setting sun.

A powerful piece, Cole. Absolutely stunning writing. @nomad-sw18.bsky.social @thin-skin.bsky.social

Cole Beauchamp 🏳️‍🌈 📖@nomad-sw18.bsky.social · 5d ago

Excited to have a new story in @thin-skin.bsky.social "Where were your family then? Where were they when you needed rent, when he broke your heart, when he broke your ribs, when he took you back and kicked you out over and over, when we begged you to leave him?" thin-skin.com/flash-fictio...

It's been a busy week, kids. July sales have doubled on the previous year, MAT growth up 46%, direct sales trebling. Very significant submissions. The website overhauled – new JSONs under the hood and the launch of Salt Creators page, plus a great feature in House Magazine from Nicholas Royle.

A courtyard in Delft, c. 1658, by Pieter de Hooch, Dutch Golden Age painter, whose domestic scenes with perspective views reveal subtleties of light & mood; a contemporary of Vermeer, he lived 1629-c 1679, worked in Delft and Amsterdam. National Gallery London